Section 5
Identification Of Targeted Household
(1) The Local level shall maintain records in the prescribed form by identifying the targeted households, as prescribed, within its territory, that are vulnerable to food insecurity due to poverty, geographical inaccessibility, disaster or similar other reasons.
(2) The details of the records referred to in sub-section (1) shall be sent to the Provincial Food Council pursuant to Section 34 and also to the Ministry for the record purpose.
(3) If the details of the households which are not prone to food insecurity are found to have been included in the records referred to in sub-section (1), or if the households included in the records do not fall under the targeted households for any reason whatsoever, the Local Level may remove the details of such family from the records in any circumstance.
(4) On the basis of the records received pursuant to sub-section (2), every Province shall maintain the integrated and updated records of the targeted households that are vulnerable to the food insecurity within its Province and the Ministry shall prepare such records of such households throughout Nepal.
(5) The records referred to in this Section shall be updated by the Local Level from time to time, and its information shall be provided to the Province Food Council and Government of Nepal.
(6) The Government of Nepal may develop necessary system to maintain the records referred to in this Section also through electronic means.
(7) Other grounds and processes of identifying the targeted households shall be as prescribed.